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My version of Charlotte is growing slowly but surely... I have passed the armholes decreases which is always a good sign until you remember that there is still some way to go... Now that I am familiar with the pattern and worked out how to decrease within lace stitches, I am eager to attack the fronts. No picture at this stage as I haven't had time to take a decent one in day light but I'll post one when I start the front. Hopefully, I'll be able to capture the real shade of the yarn...

I have managed to write down the patterns for my fingerless gloves featured here and here. If you are interested I would gladly share them with you, but first I need to convert them into pdf documents. So if someone out there can help me with this, it would be really great and I would be able to put them in my "Free patterns" link...

Have a lovely week-end!

PS : I have found a way to convert my word doc to pdf and have added my patterns to the free patterns link!...

New Year... New project...

First of all, I wish you all a Happy New Year!...

The children went back to school yesterday and the house is quiet again during the day time. The end of the year festivities are such a busy time that it is somewhat difficult to squeeze a few rows of knitting...

I had planned to start the year with Lisette but after knitting the back, I wasn't happy with the way the fabric curled back at the edges and bulged where the decreases and increases were, so I decided to quit before it was too late.  I had bought some Rowan 4ply Soft in a gorgeous new shade called Malachite and was determined to use it...

Inspired by Charlotte , but too poor to purchase the kit, I remembered seeing similar stitches on a multi-coloured top by Sarah Dallas in Vintage Style and Vintage Knits. After a few trials and errors, it turned out that the stitch pattern is the same. So I will have a go at making a similar version... I am knitting it straight instead of fitted, because, to begin with, I couldn't work out how to decrease and increase within the lace pattern... Now, I don't have the courage and energy to start all over again! Let's hope I manage to produce something wearable...